Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 7.15% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 19.0%. Currently, Occidental Petroleum has a market capitalization of $60.34 billion.

Buying $100 In OXY: If an investor had bought $100 of OXY stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $241.64 today based on a price of $60.67 for OXY at the time of writing.

Occidental Petroleum's Performance Over Last 5 Years

Finally -- what's the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns can make in your cash growth over a period of time.

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